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Black Bess (Re-)Visited
Last week, Steve Davis shared with us the story of “Black Bess,” John Hunt Morgan’s mare that was turned, by a sculptor’s whim, into a stallion. Because of Steve’s post, I decided to seek out the Morgan statue in Lexington, Kentucky, … Continue reading
Posted in Monuments
Tagged Black Bess, John Breckinridge, john hunt morgan, Lexington Cemetery, Steve Davis
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The Ballad of Black Bess
[Editor’s Note: With all that’s happening about Confederate monuments these days, it’s all right to remember a time when monuments to Confederate heroes became a source of humor.] Robert E. Lee had Traveller and Stonewall Jackson his Little Sorrel. Bedford … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War in Pop Culture, Memory, Monuments
Tagged Ballad of Black Bess, Bell Wiley, Black Bess, horses, john hunt morgan, Lexington
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A Conversation with Dave Roth (part three)
(part three in a five-part series) I’ve been talking this week with Blue & Gray Magazine editor Dave Roth, the recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. Yesterday, he shared a few … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Books & Authors, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home, Blue & Gray, Conversation-with-Dave-Roth, Dave Roth, Don Alberts, Fourth Texas Mounted, Jerry Potter, john hunt morgan, Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, Lt. Gen. Howard Graves, Ohio Penitentiary, Sibley's New Mexico Campaign, Sultanna, West Point
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The Civil War In Cynthiana, Kentucky
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Darryl Smith Cynthiana and surrounding Harrison County, Kentucky, located just sixty miles south of Cincinnati along the Kentucky Central Railroad, was the scene of two engagements during the Civil War. During the early summer … Continue reading
The Great March From Cumberland Gap
Today in 1862 ended one of the epic marches in American military history, the evacuation of the Union garrison at Cumberland Gap to the Ohio River. The men, 7,000 under Brigadier General George W. Morgan, endured a test not often … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Federal, Western Theater
Tagged American Revolutionary War, Benedict Arnold, Burma, California, Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Carter Stevenson, Cumberland Gap, East Tennessee, George W. Morgan, Humphrey Marshall, john hunt morgan, Joseph Stilwell, Kentucky, Kentucky Campaign, Mexican-American War, Ohio River, Quebec, Stephen Kearny, World War II
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ECW Honors the Mahoning Valley (OH) Civil War Roundtable
As part of our fifth anniversary, Emerging Civil War is pleased to inaugurate a new Roundtable of the Year Award. The first recipient of this award is the Mahoning Valley Civil War Roundtable in Boardman, Ohio. “The folks with the … Continue reading
Book Review: “Wild Wolf: The Great Civil War Rivalry, Colonel Frank Wolford”
The history of the Civil War is filled with larger-than-life figures who for four years were at the center of the great national drama. Their fight has filled thousands of books, and will, without a doubt, fill thousands more, but … Continue reading
Captain John Hanson McNeill and the McNeill Rangers: Rebel Strike Force Supreme
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Richard Chapman When discussing great Confederate independent cavalry raiders in the Civil War, it seems that they have three parts to their name: General John Hunt Morgan, Colonel John Singleton Mosby, and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Cavalry, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Benjamin Kelley, George Crook, Grumble Jones, Jessie McNeil, john hunt morgan, John Imboden, John McNeil, John Mosby, Libby Prison, McNeill's Rangers, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Richard Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Wilson's Creek
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Pittsburgh’s Forgotten Civil War Treasure
When pondering the history of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the first thing that springs to mind is generally not the city’s involvement in the American Civil War. Although the state hosted the most famous battle of the war, Pittsburgh seemingly stood … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Events, Preservation, Upcoming Events
Tagged 102nd Pennsylvania, 112th Pennsylvania, 149th Pennsylvania, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Allegheny Arsenal, Ambrose Burnside, Andersonville, Andrew Carnegie, Battle of the Wilderness, Carnegie Free Library, Cold Harbor, Fort Pitt Foundry, G.A.R., Gettysburg, Grand Army of the Republic, john hunt morgan, Second Battle of Fredericksburg, Thomas Espy, Walton Dwight, William Lea
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The Raid Begins: Morgan’s Raiders in Kentucky
Part 1 of a series “I’m sent to warn the neighbors. He isn’t a mile behind; He sweeps up all the horses— every horse he can find; Morgan, Morgan the raider, and Morgan’s terrible men, With bowie knives and pistols, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Western Theater
Tagged Braxton Bragg, Columbia, Cumberland River, Indiana, john hunt morgan, Joseph Wheeler, Kentucky, Lebanon Junction, louisville, Morgan's Raiders, Ohio River, Twelve Mile Island, William Rosecrans
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